A presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 before the term of the PresidentPranab Mukherjee ended. Ram Nath Kovind was declared the winner after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017.[3]
Results of the 2017 Indian presidential election[4]
Candidate
Individual votes
Electoral College votes
%
Ram Nath Kovind
2,930
702,044
65.65%
Meira Kumar
1,844
367,314
34.35%
Invalid[5]
77
20,942
Vice Presidential election
A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice PresidentMohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who got 244 votes. A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in the election. M Venkaiah Naidu's victory margin of 272 votes is the highest in a vice presidential election in the last three decades.[6]
Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout.[9][10] In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.[11]
Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout.[10][9] The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.[13]
Elections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state.[18] The results were declared on 18 December 2017. Over 0.9% of all voters in the election specified the 'None of the Above' option, which amounted to than 33,000 votes.[19]
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